When Oreo celebrated its 75th anniversary, people liked to say that so many billions were produced that you could stack them to the moon and back 4 times. Humorist Calvin Trillin said it was impossible, though, because, “Those Oreos are eaten up.”

The first federally mandated minimum wage, in 1938, was 25 cents an hour. Looking at the 1934 price of Oreos, you can see that 1 hour of work at minimum wage got you close to 1 pound of Oreos. Now a pound of Oreo cookies is approximately $4.29 and the federal minimum wage is $7.25.